Sisters in Blue
c. 1840
Painter, American, active 1837/1856
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 68.3 x 56 cm (26 7/8 x 22 1/16 in.)
framed: 82.2 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm (32 3/8 x 27 1/2 x 2 in.) -
Accession
1978.80.19
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from New York. (Charles D. Childs, Boston). (Old Print Shop, New York), by whom sold in 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1978.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 54. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Bibliography
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 297, repro.
1992
Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 166-167, repro. 168.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 191, repro.
Inscriptions
on page of book: MAN
Wikidata ID
Q20186853